Subject: Enron Judge's major Conflicts of Interest
1) Judge Lee Rosenthal (again, the judge hearing the case filed against
Enron by angry shareholders and employees) says she has the right to freeze
the fudns of Enron executives, to keep them from hiding their ill-gotten
gains, but needs further evidence first.
2) Judge Lee Rosenthal has herself held Enron stock until as late as the
year 2000. Clearly, her ruling will impact her own financial future if she
has to freeze her own funds!
3) Judge Lee Rosenthal was appointed to the bench by GWBush!! AND
4) Judge Lee Rosenthal, until her appointment to the bench by GWBush,
practiced in a law firm, Baker & Botts. The "Baker" in Baker & Botts is
none other than James Baker! That's right, the same James Baker whose
financial records may be frozen, the same James Baker who may receive a
subpoena for records on Friday from Congress for his role in Enron. The
same James Baker who was on the Enron payroll and who used his political
clout for Enron's benefit. The same James Baker who was hired by Enron at
the end of Bush Sr.'s administration. The same James Baker that masterminded
GWBush's post-election vote-count operations in Florida. The same James
Baker whose wife, Susan, has been on the board of bush-supporter James
Dobson's Focus on the Family.
Now, doesn't it appear that Judge Lee Rosenthal has just a few catastrophic
conflicts of interest going on here? Not only is her own financial future
dependent on one of the important rulings facing her court (whether to
freeze the funds of Enron stockholders who sold large blocks during the time
period that Enron was fraudulently inflating its worth), but her rulings
will have a major impact on the powerful man (GWBush) who appointed her to
the bench AND the powerful man (James Baker) who was a partner in the law
firm where she practiced law before she was appointed to the bench.
Is this how the Enron court cases are going to go? Are the financially
ruined Enron employees and stockholders going to be further assaulted again
by Bush/Enron-toadying judges?
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http://www.newsday.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-enron0109jan09.story
Judge: Enron Funds Could Be Frozen
By KRISTEN HAYS
Associated Press Writer
January 9, 2002, 6:25 PM EST
HOUSTON -- A federal judge says she has the authority to freeze proceeds of
more than $1 billion allegedly gained by top Enron Corp. officials who sold
millions of shares before the energy giant collapsed.
But U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal in Houston also said in a ruling
issued Wednesday that lawyers for Amalgamated Bank and other plaintiffs need
to present a stronger argument to convince her to freeze those proceeds....
(end of quote)....
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http://www5.law.com/lawcom/displayid.cfm?statename=TX&docnum=103868&table=ne
ws&flag=full
Federal Judges' Financial Revelations
By Mary Alice Robbins
Texas Lawyer
The federal judge hearing the suit brought by angry shareholders of Enron
Corp. against top executives and directors of the former energy giant
previously owned stock in the corporation, according to her 2000 financial
disclosure report.
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PR
ESS RELEASE (for release Tuesday, May 29, 200…
(http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:JkE1HLr7CecC:www.ca3.uscourts.gov/clas
scounsel/press052901.pdf+Lee+Rosenthal+appointed+judge+by+President&hl=en)
(quote:)
"...Judge Lee Hyman Rosenthal
Lee H. Rosenthal is a United States District Judge for the Southern District
of Texas. Judge
Rosenthal received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago
(1974) and her J.D.
from the University of Chicago Law School (1977). After law school she
clerked for the Honorable
John R. Brown, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Judge
Rosenthal practiced in
Houston with Baker & Botts until her appointment to the federal bench by
President Bush. She is a member of the federal Advisory Committee on Civil
Rules and serves as chair of its Class Actions Subcommittee. Judge Rosenthal
is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Manual For Complex
Litigation.
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http://www.sddt.com/features/convention/bios/jab.html
(begin quote)
"... James A. Baker, III has served in senior government ... a senior
partner in the law
firm of Baker & Botts, senior counselor to The Carlyle Group, and ...
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